As many as 35 of the 50 American states have released formal opening plans amid the coronavirus pandemic. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday exuded confidence that much better days are ahead for the country that has seen more than 61,000 deaths over the past two months due to Covid-19. The US economy has come to a standstill. It grew by negative 4.8 percent in the first quarter. Over 26 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits and the number is expected to go up to more than 30 million.

As many as 35 of the 50 American states have released formal opening plans amid the coronavirus pandemic. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday exuded confidence that much better days are ahead for the country that has seen more than 61,000 deaths over the past two months due to Covid-19. The US economy has come to a standstill. It grew by negative 4.8 percent in the first quarter. Over 26 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits and the number is expected to go up to more than 30 million.

659 of the 684 containment zones in Mumbai are in slums and chawls. These densely populated areas and small tenements, which house a population of 35 lakh, are crucial to Mumbai&rsquo;s fight against Covid-19, Hindustan Times has reported. Dharavi, the biggest slum cluster in Mumbai, has 11 containment zones, housing a population of close 2 lakh. Overall, more than 7-and-a-half lakh households and close to 36 lakh people in Mumbai, which is the worst affected city,&nbsp;are under containment zones.&nbsp;&nbsp;Small houses, common toilets and high population density lead to faster spread in slums and chawls, say civic officials. Home quarantining a positive patient is practically.

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The Supreme Court finally intervened to protect the interests of stranded migrant workers on Thursday. It issued a seven-point interim order that said it was the job of the state to provide them food and transport and that they cannot be charged for their travel. The court also asked the Union government a volley of questions on the logistics of ferrying workers back home on trains and buses, including the time they have to wait for transport
Public transport usage is likely to see a sharp fall over the next six months, while the use of personal vehicles is expected to surge, analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment shows. Before the lockdown as much as 37% of Delhi&rsquo;s commuter traffic was carried by the Metro. In the next six months, it is expected to fall to 16%. The use of private vehicles, on the other hand, will increase significantly, from 28% to as much as 38%.
With lockdown 4.0 drawing to an end on May 31, state governments are considering, if central guidelines allow, the imposition of restrictions only in the containment zones and allowing a range of activities elsewhere. These include opening more markets, enabling more inter-state transport facilities, allowing more commercial activity, and possibly even religious places with social distancing norms. They are also planning the eventual opening of schools in a month.

Three more employees of the office of Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal have tested positive for Covid-19. This comes a day after a junior assistant was found infected with the novel coronavirus. Reports quoting sources said that entire staff at the L-G office may undergo Covid-19 test in the next few days, since four cases of coronavirus infection have so far emerged at the L-G Secretariat.

Karnataka has requested the civil aviation ministry to reduce the number of incoming flights from five states - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan - to contain the coronavirus infection in the state. The Karnataka government issued a clarification on Thursday evening, after earlier reports said that the state has asked for a complete ban on flights from these five states. Most of the fresh coronavirus cases in the state have been of people travelling in from other states or countries.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to all chief ministers on Thursday, and sought their views on extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown beyond May 31.&nbsp;The telephonic conversations of the home minister came just three days before the end of the fourth phase of the lockdown. The nationwide curbs, which were first imposed on March 25 to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, and has been extended thrice.

The annual Amarnath Yatra, earlier curtailed on account of the coronavirus pandemic, will this year be held only for 15 days, say reports.&nbsp;Pilgrims will be allowed to travel to the holy shrine only from the Baltal route.&nbsp;The Amarnath Shrine Board has however said, a decision on the pilgrimage would be taken after a fresh review of the coronavirus situation in the near future.&nbsp;The 42-day-long yatra to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas was scheduled to start from Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on June 23.

Delhi saw its highest single-day rise of 1024 fresh cases with its tally of confirmed cases rising to 16,281 and death toll to 316. This was the first time when Delhi reported over 1000&nbsp;Covid-19 cases in a single day. India's tally increased to 158,333 and the death toll to 4,531, registering a growth of 6,566 cases and 194 deaths in 24 hours. Over 6,000 fresh cases have been registered in India for the seventh straight day, while the recovery rate improved further to over 42 percent.

The International Cricket Council on Thursday decided to defer the decision of hosting the World T20 till 10th June. The council lead by Chairman Shashank&nbsp;Manohar&nbsp;had a teleconference chat and decided to defer some important decisions including the World T20. The ICC also started an investigation lead by the Ethics Committee over information leaking from the meetings and the CEO of the board will present a report on 10th June. In addition to that, the ICC&nbsp;will continue to speak to the local boards along with medical authorities about the restart of cricket in the times of Covid-19. It was widely reported earlier that the World T20 scheduled in&nbsp;October in Australia&nbsp;will be cancelled and the BCCI will host the Indian Premier League in that window.&nbsp;

Continuing his Twitter rant against China, US President on Thursday said, all over the world the coronavirus, a very bad 'gift' from China. His tweet came minutes after issuing a statement on the US crossed 1 lakh coronavirus deaths. Trump said the US has reached a very sad milestone and extended his sympathy and love to the families of victims, for everything that they stood for.

Almost 122 million Indians were forced out of jobs last month alone, according to estimates from the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy, a private-sector think tank. Daily wage workers and those employed by small businesses have taken the worst hit. At least 49 million people across the world are expected to plunge into extreme poverty -- living on less than $1.90 per day -- as a direct result of the pandemic's economic destruction. India leads this projection as the World Bank estimated some 12 million of its citizens will be pushed to the very margins this year.

Taking cognisance of the plight of migrant workers, the Supreme Court issued interim directions to centre, states, and UTs that need to be implemented immediately. The Court said:&nbsp; 1. No fare either by train or bus will be charged from migrant workers. Railways to share fare but no fare from migrants 2. All migrants who are stranded shall be provided food by the concerned state at places publicized and notified to them so that they can meet both ends.&nbsp; 3. The originating state should provide food and water and thereafter food should be given by railways. Post reaching, the state shall give transport, food and meals from stations to their villages. This is applicable to both camps on the way or buses. 4. States shall speed up registration of migrant workers and build help desks near places where they are stranded, where they would be asked to board buses or trains at an early date. Complete information needs to be publicized so that migrants are aware of the arrangements made for them. 5. The Court added, that whenever a migrant is found walking on the road they will be taken to the camps at the earliest and help them with facilities. The Apex Court will take up this matter next on June 5.

The Karnataka&nbsp;govt has again suspended incoming transport from 5 neighbouring states to contain the&nbsp;coronavirus infection in the state. No flights, trains, or other vehicles will be allowed to come to the state from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The ban will be observed for 8-10 days before a review will be conducted. The state government took the decision after it turned out that most of the fresh coronavirus cases have been of people travelling in from other states or countries.

Biotechnology major Biocon on Wednesday said it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for a medical device to treat critical Covid-19 patients. The go-ahead is for an extracorporeal blood purification device called 'CytoSorb' to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines levels in confirmed Covid-19 patients admitted to the ICU with confirmed or imminent respiratory failure. Studies have shown that Covid-19 patients who develop serious complications experience a 'cytokine storm', also known as Cytokine Release Syndrome, which leads to excessive inflammation, organ failure, and death. The licence granted to Biocon will be effective until control of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country. The device was introduced by Biocon in India in 2013 and since then, many patients undergoing organ transplant and sepsis treatment have benefited from it.

The world's most watch football league, the Premier League will return from the Covid-19 induced break on 17th June. The English league competition will see defending champions&nbsp;Manchester City taking on Arsenal in what promises to be a blockbuster return. The other fixture of the evening will be Aston Villa vs Sheffield United. The other set of fixtures will be released soon as a total of 92 matches are still pending from the current season which was suspended in March due to the pandemic. The matches will be played in empty stadiums and the staff along with players will be tested frequently.&nbsp;

The US Labour Department has announced that 2.1 million more Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the last week. Since mid-March, more than 40 million Americans have lost their jobs - that's about a quarter of the US workforce. Last month, the unemployment rate hit nearly 15%, which is the highest since the Great Depression. These latest numbers come as all 50 states begin to ease Covid-19 restrictions in some form and businesses nationwide slowly start to reopen. The United States' Covid-19 death toll has passed 100,000, the highest in the world.

Briefing the media, Principal Scientific Advisor to the govt, Prof K. Vijay Raghavan said, 30 groups in the Indian industry and academia are working on developing the Covid-19 vaccine. He said, vaccines take 10-15 years to develop but India is trying to develop it in a year but for that, we need a parallel process. He added that when the vaccine is made it will not be a switch, everybody, from the youngest to oldest will need a vaccine. In a unique initiative, he said the AICTE and CSIR have embarked on a drug discovery hackathon, this is a high-end hackathon where students are trained with information on how to do computational drug discovery and those promising will be selected.

In what could blow up in the govt's face, the Centre seems to be admitting that it is not paying the 85% rail travel fare of migrant workers, something that union ministers have repeatedly told the public. After Supreme Court pulled up the Centre, asking who is paying for the transportation of migrant workers, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Court on Thursday, that, either originating state pays their fare, or the receiving state. Mehta said originating state picks up migrant workers and gets them to railway stations, where they are screened, meals during their travel are provided by the railways free of cost. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a press conference had said the union govt is bearing 85% of the train fare for migrant workers, while states were bearing the remaining 15%.

The Dutch Formula One Grand Prix&nbsp;has been now postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 scare. The event was scheduled for&nbsp;May 3rd. Dutch GP sports director Jan Lammers&nbsp;said that the authorities had investigated the potential to hold a reschedule race this year&nbsp;without spectators but he further said that the option was dismissed. He said that it was a special event for Zandvoort&nbsp;and he would like to celebrate the moment. It was a special race for the country as it would have been the first time F1 would have raced in the Netherlands&nbsp;in 35 years.&nbsp;The organisers have also&nbsp;affirmed that all the tickets will remain valid for next year.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Supreme Court has sought clarity from Centre on the policy that a state can not reject migrants from entering, who pays the fare and knowledge to a migrant that he or she does not have to, the mechanism to let a migrant know when he or she will get transport instead of waiting indefinitely without any information, and arrangement of food and shelter till they go back to their home states. The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has moved 97 lakh migrant workers to date, further underlining that it has taken &ldquo;unprecedented steps&rdquo; to send then home.

With the football leagues around the world having resumed behind closed doors or with limited fans as part of strict social distancing measures, 2 teams of Czech top-flight football found a unique way for their fans to watch their match on Wednesday.&nbsp;Sparta Prague and Viktoria Plzen played before a limited crowd of 300 in Prague but the die-hard fans who could not make it inside were invited to watch the game on big screens from inside their cars at drive-in movie theaters in Plzen and Prague.&nbsp;Despite social distancing, fans went wild with cheers and celebrated every goal.&nbsp;

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